Bad Order: A Whistleblower's True Story of Robber Baron Justice in America's 21st Century - Gilded Age - Mike Elliott

Descriere Bad Order: A Whistleblower's True Story of Robber Baron Justice in America's 21st Century - Gilded Age - Mike Elliott

\nThis is the incredible true story of railroad worker and union official Mike Elliott, targeted by his railroad employer, BNSF Railway Company, for his safety-related activities. As the union's state legislative board chair, Elliott was the top safety official in the state, and the voice for over 900 rank & file locomotive engineers operating trains around the clock, every day of the year. \n \nWhen his members reported a plethora of trackside signal malfunctions on the BNSF Seattle subdivision, Elliott went to the railroad first, asking that they fix the problems. When the BNSF failed to act, he contacted the government's regulatory authority, the Federal Railroad Administration. That led to an FRA inspection of over 130 miles of the railroad's track and signal systems turning up hundreds of federal defects - all with potential to put workers and the public at risk.\n \nWhat followed was a retaliation plot reminiscent of the Nineteenth Century Robber Barons: A management-staged conflict at work, police called in, arrest, jail, criminal charges, and termination from his job - not once but twice.\n \nThe wrath, influence and power of North America's largest freight railroad is unleased in full force and in an all-out attack on a whistleblower's life, liberties, and career. An amazing journey of one man's righteous battle against impossible odds and the nearly unlimited resources of a multi-billion-dollar corporation.\n \n\n

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Tellwell Talent

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9781779626035

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